A disgraced scholar running from her
past and an
entrepreneur chasing his future find themselves thrown
together—and fall in love—on a Tolkien tour of New
Zealand.
Allison Shire (yes, like where the Hobbits
live) is a
disgraced academic who is done with love. Her belief in
“happily ever after” ended the day she discovered her
husband was still married to a wife she knew nothing about.
She finally finds a use for her English degree by guiding
tours through the famous sites featured in the Lord of the
Rings and The Hobbit movies. By living life on the road and
traveling New Zealand as a luxury tour guide, Allison
manages to outrun the pain of her past she can’t
face.
Jackson Gregory was on the cusp of making it
big. Then
suddenly his girlfriend left him—for his biggest business
competitor—and took his most guarded commercial secrets with
her. To make matters worse, the Iowa farm that has been in
his family for generations is facing foreclosure. Determined
to save his parents from financial ruin, he’ll do whatever
it takes to convince his wealthy great-uncle to invest in
his next scheme, which means accompanying him to the bottom
of the world to spend three weeks pretending to be a
die-hard Lord of the Rings fan, even though he knows nothing
about the stories. The one thing that stands between him and
his goal is a know-it-all tour guide who can’t stand him and
pegged him as a fake the moment he walked off the
plane.
When Allison leads the group through the famous
sites of the
Tolkien movies, she and Jackson start to see each other
differently, and as they keep getting thrown together on the
tour, they find themselves drawn to each other. Neither
expected to fall in love again, but can they find a way
beyond their regrets to take a chance on the one thing
they’re not looking for?